Travel of Giovanni Antonio Soderini
Title
Travel of Giovanni Antonio Soderini
Description
Giovanni Antonio Soderini set out for the East on Ambrogio Bembo's ship with the idea of reaching Cyprus and then seeing the Holy Land and collecting precious medals. From Cyprus he then embarks for Egypt and sails up the Nile.
Travel type
Pilgrimage
Historical period
Modern Age
Observations on the
travel
With Soderini embarked: Fermo Carrara (who recorded the account of the itinerary in a diary); Lorenzo Carrara; Francesco Maffei; Angelo Negrenzi; Battista Garasi; Andrea Negri; Lorenzo Righi; the "house master" Zuane; Pasqualino Venta and Zuane Todesco.
The dots on the map indicate
the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent
travel stages.
Sources
Events description
1. Terrible thunder is heard while it rains
2. The annoying cry of crows
3. The silence of the midges
4. Mention of Turkish muezzins
5. Songs and shouts of wonder with text the Kyrie
6. Presence of musicians at a wedding
7. Wedding dances
8. Cries of the Reis en route to Corfu
9. The sailors' confusion
10. The songs for the growth of the Nile
11. The guards' shouts at night
12. Janissaries shouting at two men who appeared to be thieves
13. Women's howls over a dead child
14. The shouts of the muezzins from the steeples
15. The times of the call to prayer of the muezzin
16. Dogs howl and make noise
17. Zaġrūṭa of women and saints' cries chanting "Hù Hù"
18. The saints sing "Hù Hù" in the sacred procession to Mecca
19. Drummers representing schools in the procession to Mecca
20. The announcement that the Nile has reached its mark
21. Drummers and flutes accompany the cutting of the Khalīj
22. Funeral ceremony with dancing and singing
23. Organ Music at Mass for St. Francis Day
24. Pedestal where the cock crowed that made St Peter repent
25. The sound of a bell interrupts the prayer
2. The annoying cry of crows
3. The silence of the midges
4. Mention of Turkish muezzins
5. Songs and shouts of wonder with text the Kyrie
6. Presence of musicians at a wedding
7. Wedding dances
8. Cries of the Reis en route to Corfu
9. The sailors' confusion
10. The songs for the growth of the Nile
11. The guards' shouts at night
12. Janissaries shouting at two men who appeared to be thieves
13. Women's howls over a dead child
14. The shouts of the muezzins from the steeples
15. The times of the call to prayer of the muezzin
16. Dogs howl and make noise
17. Zaġrūṭa of women and saints' cries chanting "Hù Hù"
18. The saints sing "Hù Hù" in the sacred procession to Mecca
19. Drummers representing schools in the procession to Mecca
20. The announcement that the Nile has reached its mark
21. Drummers and flutes accompany the cutting of the Khalīj
22. Funeral ceremony with dancing and singing
23. Organ Music at Mass for St. Francis Day
24. Pedestal where the cock crowed that made St Peter repent
25. The sound of a bell interrupts the prayer
Places
Sounds
How to quote
Murarotto E., "Travel of Giovanni Antonio Soderini" (Travel), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2023 09 05.doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.56
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